2020
Cryptogenic stroke: Contemporary trends, treatments, and outcomes in the United States.
Prabhakaran S, Messé S, Kleindorfer D, Smith E, Fonarow G, Xu H, Zhao X, Lytle B, Cigarroa J, Schwamm L. Cryptogenic stroke: Contemporary trends, treatments, and outcomes in the United States. Neurology Clinical Practice 2020, 10: 396-405. PMID: 33299667, PMCID: PMC7717635, DOI: 10.1212/cpj.0000000000000736.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCryptogenic strokeIschemic strokeStroke etiologyDischarge outcomesHospital treatmentHospital characteristicsMultivariable logistic regressionGWTG-StrokeStroke RegistryNationwide registryMultivariable analysisPatientsLower mortalityHigh mortalityNationwide dataLogistic regressionSubtypesStrokeNational InstituteScale scaleOutcomesTreatmentRegistryHospitalEtiology
2013
Relationship between sex, ejection fraction, and B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients hospitalized with heart failure and associations with inhospital outcomes: Findings from the Get With The Guideline–Heart Failure Registry
Hsich E, Grau-Sepulveda M, Hernandez A, Eapen Z, Xian Y, Schwamm L, Bhatt D, Fonarow G. Relationship between sex, ejection fraction, and B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients hospitalized with heart failure and associations with inhospital outcomes: Findings from the Get With The Guideline–Heart Failure Registry. American Heart Journal 2013, 166: 1063-1071.e3. PMID: 24268222, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.08.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB-type natriuretic peptide levelsMedian BNP levelNatriuretic peptide levelsEjection fractionInhospital mortalityHeart failureBNP levelsHF patientsPeptide levelsPlasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levelsGuidelines-Heart Failure registryGuidelines-Heart FailurePrimary end pointInhospital outcomesBNP valuesHospital clusteringPrognostic significanceClinical variablesLarge registriesOdds ratioPatientsBNPHigh mortalityEnd pointMortality